September 2024
Space nation issues declaration of independence
... to support its further growth and development. Asgardia press conference in Baku with (from left) Lembit Opik, Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, Lena De Winne and Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu. At a press conference during the International Astronautical Congress (IAC...
14 October 2016
Asgardia welcomes over 100,000 citizen applications in 48 hours and announces new million target
...forefront of developments as we head towards a new age of space exploration. The project team is being led by Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, one of the Russian Federation's most distinguished scientists and founder of the Aerospace International Research Center...
25 June 2018
Head of first space nation says citizens will be in space within 25 years
... and stationary settlements on the Moon equipped with artificial gravity and protection from cosmic radiation, Dr Igor Ashurbeyli also discussed details of Asgardia’s working timescales for the development of Asgardia’s infrastructure and economy...
April 2024
Space nation reveals global recognition ambition
... Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, that it is actively working towards recognition as an independent state. Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, Head of the Space Nation, revealed the news at a media briefing to international journalists on 4 October...
July 2018
A moment in space and time
... entire world on Earth? Isn’t it beautiful? We are not the best. We are the future.” About Dr Igor Ashurbeyli Dr Igor Ashurbeyli is a scientist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Doctor of Science in Engineering. In 2010, he was awarded Russia’s State...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
...its 25-year space programme to safeguard humanity’s future both on Earth and off world. For Asgardia’s founder, Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, a Russian scientist and businessman, humanity is to have a future even if there is a great cataclysm on the home world...
